- May 31, 2002
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Well I drove in rain most of the way to, and back home from paragon today, but in between the weather was excellent. It was a great day for a ride, and I think everyone had a great time. We only had 20 people when it was time to sign in, but Paragon was kind enough to give everyone in the group the $5 discount anyway :thumb: I am terrible with names, so I will let someone else fill in who was there. We left the parking area around 10:30, and headed out for a nice easy morning with the kids in the group. It started with a run through the "bunny loop" to get warmed up, and see how the kids would do on the trails. We then headed over to the old 101 course to play around for a while on the small jumps, and hill climbs. I did not do much riding in the morning, since I was having just as much fun watching the kids race around, and hit the jumps. We spent the morning there, and then headed back for lunch.
After lunch, a few of the kids went with us on a trail ride. I think there were 12 of us in all, but again, don't ask me to name names. We headed up Valley road, which ev eryone did without problems, and then did a few easy sections of single track. We then headed out the haul road, and to a hill climb which would take us to the top of the ridge(no it wasn't Howie Hill) We then came out to the logging road, and continued up the hill. This was the area of our first and I believe only casualty of the day. again I am lousey with names, I'm sure someone will fill in the details. As we were going up the hill, he caught a dead tree that was lying on the the side of the trail, and it was wedged against his ankle. After about a 10 minute break he was ready to contiue and we worked our way up the ridge and back to the first pipe line.
Now it was time to head back over toward the mud hole since the kids wanted to play around some more. we had 2 choices, back down Valley road, or introduce the kids to Turtle trail :p .... well Turtle trail it is. we worked our way over to the bottom of the hill, and waited for everyone to get together. Then we were off.......The first few riders all took off together, and then formed a bottleneck at the first turn in the trail. they learned quickly, and went single file from here. Everyone was doing good on the hill, until we came to a group of ATVs stopped on the side of the trail. This made things hard for the kids with having to stop and then get started again on the hill. But after a few minor problems, we were past them and on our way up the hill.....Then there was another group of ATVs, stoppefd waiting for their buddies behind them. This time we got past them a little easier, and made it to the top of the hill. If it hadn't been for the ATVs, I don't think there would have been any problems with getting up Turtle trail.
Then it wass off to the mud hole, and the new table top that was built there last week. Here we met back up with others from the group who did not join the trail ride, and everyone was practicing their jumping skills on the table top....well almost everyone, some of us know that there is a reason we were not born with wings. We finished up the day here, and then headed back to the parking area, shared stories, said our good-byes, and headed for home.
for those of you that couldn't make it :moon: you missed a great ride. And the best part of the ride was seeing how much fun the kids were having. Click the link below to see pictures from the ride
After lunch, a few of the kids went with us on a trail ride. I think there were 12 of us in all, but again, don't ask me to name names. We headed up Valley road, which ev eryone did without problems, and then did a few easy sections of single track. We then headed out the haul road, and to a hill climb which would take us to the top of the ridge(no it wasn't Howie Hill) We then came out to the logging road, and continued up the hill. This was the area of our first and I believe only casualty of the day. again I am lousey with names, I'm sure someone will fill in the details. As we were going up the hill, he caught a dead tree that was lying on the the side of the trail, and it was wedged against his ankle. After about a 10 minute break he was ready to contiue and we worked our way up the ridge and back to the first pipe line.
Now it was time to head back over toward the mud hole since the kids wanted to play around some more. we had 2 choices, back down Valley road, or introduce the kids to Turtle trail :p .... well Turtle trail it is. we worked our way over to the bottom of the hill, and waited for everyone to get together. Then we were off.......The first few riders all took off together, and then formed a bottleneck at the first turn in the trail. they learned quickly, and went single file from here. Everyone was doing good on the hill, until we came to a group of ATVs stopped on the side of the trail. This made things hard for the kids with having to stop and then get started again on the hill. But after a few minor problems, we were past them and on our way up the hill.....Then there was another group of ATVs, stoppefd waiting for their buddies behind them. This time we got past them a little easier, and made it to the top of the hill. If it hadn't been for the ATVs, I don't think there would have been any problems with getting up Turtle trail.
Then it wass off to the mud hole, and the new table top that was built there last week. Here we met back up with others from the group who did not join the trail ride, and everyone was practicing their jumping skills on the table top....well almost everyone, some of us know that there is a reason we were not born with wings. We finished up the day here, and then headed back to the parking area, shared stories, said our good-byes, and headed for home.
for those of you that couldn't make it :moon: you missed a great ride. And the best part of the ride was seeing how much fun the kids were having. Click the link below to see pictures from the ride
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